Combined trace-buckle and cockeye



(Model.)

1. swims.- Gom'bined Trace Buckle and Gookeye. No. 243,322. PatentedJune 21,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB STRAUS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COMBINED TRACE-BUCKLE AND COCKEYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,322, dated June 21,1881.

Application filed May 6, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB STRAUs, of St.

Louis, in the county of St. Louis, and in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Trace- Buckleand Oockeye; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of my device separate from a trace andsin gle-tree. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same as combined with saidparts, and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section upon a horizontalline.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The design of my invention is to furnish a more convenient means forconnecting atrace with a single-tree than has heretofore beenobtainable; and to this end it consists, broadly, in a trace-buckle andcockeye combined in one part, substantially as and for the purposehereinafter specified.

It consists, further, in the construction and combination of the frameof the buckle and the tongue, substantially as and for the purposehereinafter shown.

It consists, finally, in the device as a whole, its several parts beingconstructed and combined to operate in the manner and for the purposesubstantially as hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawings is shown the frame of my buckle, composed of twoside bars, A, and end bars, B and O, which are arranged in a rectangularform in side elevation, whilein plan view said frame has a semicircularform, caused by the curving of said side bars, A.

J ournaled transversely within the outer edges of the side bars, A,nearest the crossbar B, is a roller, D, from the center of whichprojects radially a tongue, d, that is curved toward said bar B, and atits end upon the side opposite to said bar has a hook or barb, d, asshown in Fig.1. From the base of said tongue a short broad lug, (1extends rearward at nearly a right angle to the same, and completes thebuckle portion of my device, which is connected with a trace in thefollowing manner, viz: The tongue 61 is turned rearward to the positionshown by dotted lines of Fig. 3, and

(Model) the end of the trace E passed beneath the bar B over saidtongue, and then beneath the bar 0, after which said tongue is turnedoutward and forward until its end enters a hole, 6, provided for itsreception in said trace, and the latter is then moved longitudinallyforward. The tongue at under a heavy strain has its end supported by orupon the bar B, which prevents further movement in such direction, butunder ordinary strains is held at a short distance from said bar by theaction of the lug d which bears against the rear side of said trace, andcauses the latter to be bent sharply outward whenever said tongue passesforward of the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The operation of the lugd is to prevent thejamming of the trace E within the buckle, the springof said trace, operating through said lug, being suflicient to cause thetongue 61 to be moved rearward from contact with the bar B as soon asstrain is removed from said parts.

Upon the rear end of the frame is formed a cockeye, F, which enables thedevice to be attached to or upon a single-tree, Gr. Said cockeye haspreferably the form shown; but any other form may be employed to suitthe taste or that may be necessary to adapt the device to any particularform of single-tree.

If desired, the entire metal portion of the cockeye may be omitted, andin its place substituted a leather cockeye or loop, the front end ofwhich will pass around and be secured to the rear bar, 0.

By the use of this device, as no part is permanently connected to thetrace, a material saving is effected in the cost of making the latter,as it can be entirely stitched upon a machine, instead of requiring tobe partly stitched by hand, as has heretofore been necessary.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim as new 1s-- 1. Broadly, a trace-buckle and cockeye com bined inone part, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the roller D,provided with the tongue (I and lug01 with the rectangular curved frame described, substantially as and forthe purpose shown.

3. The hereinbefore-described device, con- In testimony that I claim theforegoing I sisting of the frame A, B,and O,ro1lerD,prohave hereunto setmy hand this 4th day of Vided with the tongue 61 cl and lug (Z and theMay, 1881.

cockeye F, said parts being combined with JACOB STRAUS. 5 each other andadapted for connection with a WVitnesses:

trace, E, and single-tree G, in the manner and H. W. SMITH,

for the purpose set forth. J. H. BIDLEMAN.

